The Rolling Stones performed at Barclays Center on Saturday night and people tweeted about it. Yes, even Boomers scratching something off their bucket list use social media. Read all about it after the jump.
December 9, 2012Back in 2010, Brooklyn Heights Blog asked if 2007’s Fred Claus was destined to be the next flick to…
December 8, 2012Books about Israeli Arabs don’t come my way very often. “The Attack” tells the story of Dr. Amin Jaafari,…
December 7, 2012Congrats to Brooklyn Heights resident, singer, songwriter and Icelandic artist Björk, whose “Biophilia” was nominated today for two Grammy awards: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package. For the former nod, she’s up against Fiona Apple, M83, Gotye and Tom Waits. The latter: Boys & Girls, Charmer, Love This Giant and Swing Lo Magellan. […]
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To get to his 8th and final show opening Barclays Center, Jay-Z took the subway. The videos of him…
December 6, 2012On Thursday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz will emcee the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Borough Hall Plaza. A lucky kid from the audience will be chosen to flip the switch and illuminate the 40-foot-tall balsam fir, which Time Out New York hailed as one of the city’s holiday […]
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Taylor Thatcher, protagonist and point-of-view character of Peter M. Wheelwright’s first novel, set at the end of the last millennium, tries to make sense of how the world works, and so seeks unifying concepts. His brother, Bingham, or “Bin,” delight…
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Patti Smith and Neil Young played Barclay’s Center Monday night and, naturally, folks tweeted about it.
One fan wrote, “patti smith just likened the barclays center to a cockroach… while playing barclays center.”
December 4, 2012Though Williamsburg-based photographer Matt Lambros is a cinephile who appreciates everything from indie films to popcorn flicks, these days…
December 3, 2012Bach in the Heights, a group of singers and instrumentalists organized by local resident Edward Houser, returns to perform…
December 3, 2012